Carduus acanthoides

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Carduus
Species:	Carduus acanthoides
Common Name
Growth Habit	**
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics
C value
Status
Specimen(s)	View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Carduus acanthoides L. ssp. acanthoides

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Fayette (KY), Harrison (KY), Nicholas (KY), Robertson (KY)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BEREA, EKY, KNK

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1956 - 2002

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100244944	Fayette	Kentucky	25 Jul 1956	Mary E. Wharton 10390	EKY Carduus acanthoides
BEREA002855	Nicholas	Kentucky			BEREA Carduus acanthoides
31234100244936	Nicholas	Kentucky	12 Oct 1994	Gary W. Libby 479	EKY Carduus acanthoides
31973000005458	Robertson	Kentucky	13 Aug 1981	Thieret, John 52680	KNK Carduus acanthoides
31973000005459	Harrison	Kentucky	09 Oct 1993	Thieret, John 53434	KNK Carduus acanthoides
31234100244928	Robertson	Kentucky	20 Jun 2002	Timothy J. Weckman 7317	EKY Carduus acanthoides

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